High body mass index has a deleterious effect on semen parameters except morphology: Results from a large cohort study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1268-1273

  Belloc, Stéphanie ^a   Cohen Bacrie, Martine ^a   Amar, Edouard ^b   Izard, Vincent ^c   Benkhalifa, Moncef ^d   Dalléac, Alain ^a   De Mouzon, Jacques ^e  

^a Unilabs   (France)

^b Clinique de la Muette   (France)

^c Centre d'AMP de la clinique Pierre Cherest   (France)

^d AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

BMI; Concentration; Morphology; Motility; Obesity; Semen volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOZOOSPERMIA; EJACULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN VOLUME; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SPERM; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; COMORBIDITY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922056180     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1212     Document Type: Article

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